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The origins of NDEW and DEED

Plug in America

It all started with President Barack Obama and as DEED begins, we’re taking the opportunity to briefly revisit the tale, with a related nod to the mother of climate change policy, as former Sen. When Obama took office in 2009, while it may seem inconceivable today, consumers could purchase only one mass-produced EV, a Tesla Roadster.

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DOE to Award Up to $2.4B for Advanced Batteries, Electric Drive Components, and Electric Drive Vehicle Demonstration/Deployment Projects

Green Car Congress

President Barack Obama announced the availability of the funding during a visit to Southern California Edison’s Electric Vehicle Center today. Motorcycles, three-wheeled vehicles, neighborhood electric vehicles, and other non-conventional passenger vehicles are not desired and will be deemed non-responsive to the announcement.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

New York 2009: Mercedes E250 Bluetec concept would get 28/39 city/hwy rating Breaking - Zero Motorcycles unveils the Zero S [w/Video] GM and Segways PUMA live reveal Hyundai to offer plug-in hybrid in U.S. New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels! for 2012 Featured stories Feed Greenlings: What is regenerative braking? a key Randy C.

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Bring on the EV Trucks

Revenge of the Electric Car

The more the merrier, the market for these is going to explode soon with Obama’s stimulation plan, and its tax of $7,500 to $15,000 for electric trucks. Along with Tedd Abramson’s Zero Truck in San Diego and Smith Trucks in London, we now have EVI (I keep wanting to write that as EV1:~). Sounds good to me. Trucks especially.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

AutoblogGreen bloggers (30 days) # Blogger Posts Cmts 1 Jeremy Korzeniewski 129 4 2 Sebastian Blanco 117 15 3 Sam Abuelsamid 111 10 4 Domenick Yoney 32 0 5 Xavier Navarro 22 0 6 Jonathon Ramsey 1 0 7 Gary Witzenburg 1 0 8 Chris Paukert 1 0 Most Commented On (7 days) Obama outlines high-speed rail plan for U.S. (62)

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Early Days in the Obama Administration An Address I'd Like to Hear Global Warming Solutions Included in Transportatio. Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Tree Planting as Carbon Offsets – Does Latitude Ma. Here we go again.or Carbon trading vs t. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA SZ (1) 6753.T

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

New York 2009: Mercedes E250 Bluetec concept would get 28/39 city/hwy rating Breaking - Zero Motorcycles unveils the Zero S [w/Video] GM and Segways PUMA live reveal Hyundai to offer plug-in hybrid in U.S. million investment into fuel cell technology Tohe on Obama outlines high-speed rail plan for U.S.